Canal Breaks, Flooding Homes

Canal Breaks, Flooding Homes

MURRAY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – A canal break flooded eight basements in the Murray Bluffs II neighborhood in the 1200 West 6765 South area around 4 p.m. April 27.

“All of a sudden water started coming into our window wells and they started bowing out like all of them and then simultaneously a huge crash of water just flooded in and by that time it was already up to our knees,” -Stephen Linge

MURRAY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – A canal break flooded eight basements in the Murray Bluffs II neighborhood in the 1200 West 6765 South area around 4 p.m. April 27.

A section of the canal 12 feet high and between 20 and 25 feet wide broke around 4 p.m.

Jessica and Scott Goodman’s home was one of the hardest hit by the man-made disaster. Jessica noticed the water bubbling up into her back yard.

“Within 5 minutes the hill back there you can see all the boulders that’s our landscaping. Water just went boom and just flew out like it was a big waterfall,” Jessica said.

Water from both directions of the canal crashed into homes.

Stephen Linge ran down to his finished basement when he heard the commotion to watch dumbfounded, almost paralyzed as the water billowed outside his home. “All of a sudden water started coming into our window wells and they started bowing out like all of them and then simultaneously a huge crash of water just flooded in and by that time it was already up to our knees,” he said.

His wife said she was shocked to see rushing muddy water swallow what her family worked so hard to create.

“I would like to have it fixed but I don’t know if it’s going to ever be fixed the way we had it,” said Debbie Linge.

ABC 4 Utah also ventured into John Brown’s home to watch him look at his flooded basement moments after the canal break.